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Barinov hasn't been subbed off. Finland should try to get him send off

11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Grass specialist or not, when you're leading 6-0, 4-1 and even get five matchpoints and you still lose the final (at home), that's really nothing else but a huge, huge choke  

Of course it is.

Still, WTA has become surface-dependent in the last few years. Top players focus on their best surface and try to maximize their results there. Turnarounds like Sharapova going from 06 16 defeats on clay to win Roland Garros are almost impossible these days.

21 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

It went totally downhill after a huge choke against Alison Riske of all people in Rosmalen in 2019. From then on, it was gone, with only a good moment here and there and nothing more.

 

Too bad, she of course has had a career most professionals won't reach (like basically anyone who's been top-10 for a while), but there was much more in it than she got out of it.

Riske is a grass speciallist tbh. Bertens should have made her best surface count and she didn't after beating Halep in Madrid final.

VAR offside. Meh!

Pohjanpalo, bitches!!! going for the repeat from 2016!

On 13/06/2021 at 19:47, hckošice said:

Arnautovic is such a prick

On 13/06/2021 at 19:48, heywoodu said:

Ah, Arnautovic is still Mr Big Mouth.

And he just got suspended for one game for mouthing off at the N.Macedonia player

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57499915

Sadly she completely blew it at Roland Garros 2019 when she was one of the faves after winning Madrid. And she never did anything since (save for winning St. Petersburg). Fast forward two years and Krejcikova is a GS champion while Bertens completely missed her 5 seconds of fame window. It was there to be had for Bertens but she couldn't cash in. No wonder she pressed the retirement button, her ship has sailed mentally more than anything.

Unsurprisingly Russia make a change in goal and Semyonov is also out vs Finland

@heywoodu Rinus VeeKay will miss the Elkhart Lake round this weekend due to a broken collarbone he suffered while cycling

1 minute ago, OlympicsFan said:

Jarrison Lawson and Ajee Wilson got away with it, so it wasn’t unreasonable for Hooligan to think that she would get away as well. You also shouldn’t forget that she (coincidentally) kept the receipt from the taco truck, which surprisingly wasn’t enough to prove her innocence ...

If you dope on purpose then of course you'll have some papers ready in case you get caught

That wasn't the best of games. Germany had the possession but couldn't do anything with it. Havertz was poor and Werner completely MIA once he came on. France won but didn't even have to play at their best.

Sara Errani used the same "contaminated meat" excuse (from a tortilla) and it didn't work either

Very nice own goal from Hummels

34 minutes ago, crovitlaci said:

The linesman should have raised the flag immediately (the offside was clearly visible), it just killed the momentum for the Hungarians. Nevertheless, that last goal was just pathetic effort from their defense.

That's not the rule anymore. Now ARs have to WAIT until the play is over and then raise the flag. The rule was tweaked to prevent situations when a player was actually onside and the quick AR call was wrong. The rule was tweaked back in 2013 already (before the 2014 World Cup) but some fans still call it by the old version. I see this happen even in Polish league when commentators sometimes wonder "why the AR raised the flag so late?". Because that's the new rule!

The previous rule tweak was in 2005 when AR was allowed to keep the flag down when a player offside wasn't making any play at the ball.

Wheels came off Hungary. Penalty for Portugal.

Portugal scores off a deflection

I wonder how often English commentators will mix up the names of Szalai & Sallai? Or they simply pronounce it the same way?

Reminds me when Bojana Jovanovski ended up being the only person at the airport in New Mexico

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/14369086

Only in Copa America can a player be send off in 54th minute... of the first half

Messi scored in first half and Chile equalised on the follow up after a missed penalty.

Watching vs on FS1 and Americans are really doing the coverage for idiots. They literally had to write on screen that Argentina plays in blue/white & Chile in red/blue

Berg with a huge miss! Sweden got their second big chance, will they get a third?

Isak hits the post! Laporte got dragged on his ass but that was THE chance for Sweden.

Bad miss from Morata!

Spain with 90% possession after 12 minutes